Chinese Literature Podcast
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Sinopsis
A Podcast on Chinese Literature
Episodios
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Zhuangzi's Useless Tree
19/08/2023 Duración: 12minOne of the world's great philosophers meditates on the value of being useless with a parable about an old, ugly tree.
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Phags-Pa
05/08/2023 Duración: 20minDid you know that in the 13th Century a Chinese emperor and a Tibetan monk tried to get rid of Chinese characters and create a universal script, one writing system to write every language in the world. Today's podcast is about that writing system, Phags-Pa.
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Rise of the Mongols - Interview with Professor Christopher Atwood
22/07/2023 Duración: 01h53sToday, Lee has a fascinating interview with Professor Christopher Atwood, of the University of Pennsylvania. He studies the Mongolian and Chinese Frontier, and he recently published The Rise of the Mongols: Five Chinese Sources. Lee and Professor Atwood talk about the book and, more broadly, the early Chinese experience with the Mongols.
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Kong Yi Ji Rap
08/07/2023 Duración: 20minIn this episode, a century-old Lu Xun story, Kong Yi Ji, has become popular again. The story reflects the struggles of youth unemployment in modern China. The story blows up on the Chinese internet. A rap song reinterprets that story, addressing contemporary issues like education and working conditions. The story demonstrates that Lu Xun remains relevant, and the debates he sparked continue today. #KongYiJi #YouthUnemployment #LuXun
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Li Hiraku - A Strange Marriage
24/06/2023 Duración: 20minA Taiwanese lesbian begins using dating apps, finds the love of her life, and then realizes she is not the love of her life, but decides to marry her any ways. You won't want to miss this week's episode is a strange look at marriage and death.
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Xu Lizhi - A Screw Falls to the Ground
10/06/2023 Duración: 11minToday, we look at the somber poem of a Foxconn worker, Xu Lizhi. His poem, "A Screw Falls to the Ground," is a masterclass of how modern Chinese poetry is able to live up to the standards set by classical Chinese poetry. In this episode, I try to discuss what role the author's biography plays in how we interpret their poetry.
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Lei Feng's Screw
27/05/2023 Duración: 13minThis is the first in a two-part mini-series on the screw in modern Chinese literature. Yep, that is right, the screw, the humble tool which binds the world. This week, I am looking at a passage in Lei Feng's diary on how he wants to be a screw for the Revolution, with a capital R.
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Hu Shi - Mr. Close Enough
13/05/2023 Duración: 19minMr. Close Enough...Mr. Cha Buduo. He never seems to get things quite right, but he represents everything China is about. This is his story, a short, sardonic piece by the scholar and UN Ambassador Hu Shi. In some ways, Mr. Close Enough echos Lu Xun's Ah Q, in other ways it is the polar opposite of that story.
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Xu Xu - Bird Talk - Interview with Frederik Green
29/04/2023 Duración: 59minXu Xu is a writer who was very famous in the 1930's and 1940's. He lived in China until 1949, he was one of the country's most important writers during this period. Then, after the victory of the CCP, he, fearing for his safety, left for Hong Kong. He continued to write but drifted into obscurity. Professor Frederik Green at San Francisco State University published a translation of his work with Stone Bridge Press. Today's podcast is a fantastic interview with Professor Green.
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Liu Xijun - Song of Sadness
17/04/2023 Duración: 18minLiu Xijun was a princess. Her father and mother were executed when they rebelled against the emperor, her great uncle. Liu was sent to marry a king of the distant Wusun, a group of Central Asian herders that the emperor was trying to curry favor with. This is her poem.
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Li Bai - Going Down Zhongnan Mountain with Mountain Man Husi Staying at His Place and Hitting the Bottle
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Poetry from Sex Workers in Dalian
16/03/2023 Duración: 13minThis week, the Chinese Literature Podcast goes where few literary scholars have gone before. We take a look at some poetry by sex workers in the city of Dalian. In the podcast, I use the poem to tackle issues of gender in China. Be forewarned, there is some explicit language in this poetry.
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Interview with Kyle Anderson - Author of MountainSea Scroll Series
18/02/2023 Duración: 41minThis week, Lee interviews Kyle Anderson, who has just published the first volume in a young adult series titled MountainSea Scrolls. This first volume is called The 9 Tailed Fox. Dr. Anderson describes the series as Narnia meets China. Dr. Anderson has also worked in translation and academia, and his work includes the translation of the fascinating Forget Me.
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Mo Yan
04/02/2023 Duración: 16minOn the previous episode, I went all the way to the beginning of Chinese literature. This episode, I explore a contemporary novel, Mo Yan's Red Sorghum. It won Mo Yan the Nobel Prize, it has been made into a famous movie, this novel has been very influential. Let's dive in!
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Oracle Bones
21/01/2023 Duración: 17minOracle Bones (甲骨文) are the oldest written Chinese texts that have ever been discovered. Today, Lee looks at what Oracle Bones are, how they were discovered in the 1890's and reads out the translation of two of them in a podcast that takes it back to the very beginning of Chinese literature.
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End of the Year Podcast
07/01/2023 Duración: 48minOur 'traditional' new year/end of the year podcast where we update listeners on what is happening with our lives and the podcast. This year, we sadly have to announce that Rob is no longer going to be a regular contributer to the podcast. Lee will be taking both reins, though Rob will come back on from time to time. In this episode, Rob and Lee discuss the podcast, its history and their lives.
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Gu Cheng - A Generation
24/12/2022 Duración: 19minThis week we have a poem by Gu Cheng 顧城, one of the wonderboys to come out of the 1980's. He left China, immigrating to New Zealand, got a teaching job and then murdered his wife with an ax. His poetry was as sharp and succinct as his ax.
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Su Dongpo Gets Drunk in Exile
10/12/2022 Duración: 14minIn this week's episode, we look at a series of three poems by Su Dongpo, the Song poet who was sent into exile multiple times. This series of poems is about his time in the crummiest of exiles, on Hainan Island. Drunkeness here is a metaphor for giving up on life in officialdom (though it was also non-metaphorical as well...).
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Ouyang Xiu - Reflections on Mei Yaochen Poem/Bag
26/11/2022 Duración: 15minThis week, Rob and Lee look at a short essay where Ouyang Xiu talks about a Mei Yaochen poem that he finds woven into the fabric of a barbarian's bag. Their discussion touches not only on the poem, but also on questions of the materiality of literature.